Systematic torture reported in police headquarter in Bartın province of Turkey
Turkish media outlets have reported new incidents of the systematic torture in the Police Department in Bartın province of Turkey which had come to...
YouTube journalist and his crew attacked during street interview in Antalya
Arif Kocabıyık, a journalist known for his candid street interviews, and the crew of his İlave TV YouTube channel were attacked by a group...
Erdoğan pardons 3 former generals serving life sentences for role in ’97 postmodern coup
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used his presidential power to pardon three former generals who were imprisoned last year due to their role...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 259 mukhtars over alleged ‘terror’ ties, misconduct
The Turkish Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that 259 mukhtars, also known as village or neighborhood headmen, were dismissed for alleged links to...
Turkish authorities again ban Women’s Day march in central İstanbul
A district governor’s office in İstanbul has as in previous years declared the central Taksim neighborhood and surrounding area off limits for demonstrations or...
Turkey detains 25 people, including civil servants, over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 25 people, including current and former civil servants, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
European Court of Auditors doubts all EU funds reach refugees in Turkey
EU funding has helped refugees in Turkey, but Ankara’s refusal to reveal their names raises doubts about whether the money is reaching all who...
Award given to exiled Turkish journalist for story on victim of post-coup torture taken...
A journalism award granted to exiled Turkish journalist Bülent Ceyhan for a story about a teacher who died due to torture while in pretrial...
Critics slam ICC prosecutor for meeting with Turkish FM accused of crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor, Karim Khan, is under fire for meeting with Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, on the sidelines of the...
Council of Europe presses Turkey over Gülen-linked pretrial detention cases
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has urged Turkey to ensure that courts rely on concrete evidence before jailing suspects pending trial, in...
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